FUNDING FIGHT The entire faculty at Queens Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School wrote a letter describing the consequences of teaching under a strained budget. Washington Post

PRINCIPAL PROBE A Bronx principal is under investigation after students and teachers say she created a hostile environment, including barring a teacher form offering lessons covering black history. New York Daily News

PTA PHOTO The PTA co-president at Brooklyn’s P.S. 118 used a photo that featured people in blackface to advertise a fundraiser. New York Daily News

DANCE DEBATE Some schools are still planning father-daughter dances despite education department guidance to make them gender-neutral. New York Post